Book-rack



A. PAULI.

BOOK BACK Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

(No Model.)

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' tion of the post. Fig. 4: is a transverse section -have inventedcertain new and useful Im- UNITED STATES AUGUSTUS PAULI, OF BROOKLYN,NElV YORK.

BOOK-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,866, dated December30, 1890.

Serial No. 367,331. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccrn Be it known that I, AU GUSTUS PAULI, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York,

provements in Book-Hacks; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvenents inbook-racks; and it has for its object, among others, to provide asimple, strong, cheap, and durable book-rack, whereby the distancebetween the shelves maybe readily changed and wherein the parts shall besimple, few in number, and those easily manipulated to accomplish thedesired end.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which--- Figurel is a side elevation of one of theposts or standards, showing two of the brackets thereon and a portion ofthe top braces. Fig. 2 is a similar View of another form of post orstandard. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a porthrough the post of Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a similar section through the post of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is aplan of one of the brackets shown in' Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a plan ot' oneof the posts or standards, showing the manne' of connect-ing the topbraces thereto. Fig. 8 is a front View of a portion or section of therack complete ready for use.

Like letters of reference indcate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the draw ings by letter, A designates apost or standard provided with a suitable base a, as seen in Figs. 1 and8, or it may be without a base and Secured in position by any suitablemeans. The form of this post in cross-section may be varie/(l. I haveshown two forms; but these are lut few of the many which I have devised.These standards or posts are to be set in rows of two or more the lengthof the shelf apart and braced at the top and bottom of the same or atthe top only by brace rods or ties.

In the form of post shown in Fig. l it has a cross-section somewhat likea cross, and when this form is empioyedlbrace the posts by means of thebraces B, arranged as shown in Fig. 7-that is, at right angles to eachother-when the posts are arranged so that the shelves shall extend indirections at right angles to each other. This forms a strong` brace andone easily Secured in position;

The post shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 7 is provided with pins or projectionsb, which are designed to be engaged by the lugs on the bracketshereinafter described.

In the form shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4: the pins are arranged betweenthe separated parallel portions of the post, as seen best at Fig. 4:.Two or more of these posts or standards may be arranged in tiers, oneoverthe other, and they maybe polished, galvanized, painted, stained, orotherwise ornamented, as preferred.

C is the bracket, which may be ot wrought or cast metal, with one ormore hooks or lugs c to fit over or between the sections of the posts orto fit between the separated parallel portions, as seen in Fig. 3, whenthat form of post is employed. WVhen the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5 isused, the hooks engage the pins, as seen in Fig. 1. The brackets may beforned so as to rest level or inclined, so that the shelves will beeither level or inclined, as desired. They may be forned so that theshelves will rest on the top thereof or to rest on projections along thebottom of the brackets. The brackets are, like the posts, to be painted,stained, galvanized, or otherwise ornamented, as preferred.

In Fig. 1, at the left, thebracket is shown as formed with a hook dsimply to engage over a pin on the post, while at the right-hand sidethe bracket is shown as having the shelf af fixed' in position, thelatter having an upturned lip at the rear side to engage a rib orportion of the post. In this figure the shelf is supported on lugs atthe bottom of the bracket. In Fig. 2, at the left-hand side, it is shownas supported upon the top of the TOO hraeket. Both of these forms nay beenpioyed in the one set of racks, if desired.

In the forn shown in Figs. 3 and (i the bracket is fo'ned with a centralhook or lug 7 which engages a pin between the separated paraiieiportions of the post and has a shoulder j, which bears against the rbsor sepa- -ated portions of the post to steady thehraeket.

The sheif D is forned, preferabiy, of sheet metal, provided at the rearand front edge with a portion 71:, turned at substantiaiiy a right angieto the body of the sheif, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The sheives may bepainted, stained, gaivanized, or otherwise ornamented as desi'ed. Theinner upturned lip of the shelf bears against the rib of the post andkeeps the sheif steady, as will be readiiy understood from Figs. 1 and2.

If desired, the standards maybe used to Carry the fioors as weil as thehrackets and sheives, and the sections can he redueed in size fron thebottom tier to the top one, thus insuring eeonomy with proportionaistrength.

\Vhat I claim as new is The eonbination, with the posts formed Withvertical ribs and provided With lateraily-projeeting pins, of thedetaehabie metal braekets having hooks to det-achably engage the pinsand iugs to support the sheives, and the shelves having right-angiedportions at opposite edges extending in opposite directions andsupported on the braekets, with the inner rightangied portions en gagingthe rih of the post, substantiaiiy as specified.

In testiinony that I claim the above I have hereunto snbseribed my namein the presenee of two witnesses.

AUGUS' ?UC PAULT.

\\itnesses:

Tnos. J. MAGUIRE, DANIEL J. QUIGG.

